Yeah, but I didn't have to have an "extra", often unused, house in one and try to "out-gable" the neighbors to make myself feel "worthy."
Wilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 9:53 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cerberus wants money back > They are mortgaging their future. It's the American way - didn't we do the > same to build our houses? > > Thanks, > Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > 256-656-1924 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Wilton Strickland > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 8:44 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cerberus wants money back > > That's what I've been saying about the RBV's (Ridiculously Big Vehicles - > ah, SUV's) for MANY years. > Another question I've been asking for AT LEAST 15 years as I drive past so > many McMansions all through the countryside, "Where are all these > 30-year-old people getting all the money to build these big houses?" > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Curt Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Diesel List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 8:32 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cerberus wants money back > > > Most SUVs are bought as a status symbol. I even at one point thought I "HAD > TO HAVE" an SUV. Now I like having a pickup truck, but when I went back for > a newer one I bought smaller... > > I'd wager that 90% of SUVs will NEVER tow anything and never go off pavement > unless the owner has to use a dirt parking lot at a festival or something... > 75% will never use 4wd (except for awd vehicles that don't get much choice) > and most families would be better served with a minivan or station wagon and > good snow tires. > > People are amazed when I tell them my 240D is the best snow car ever. > They're shocked when I say I've bought my 240D to drive in the snow instead > of my pickup. Most people I learned have never had good snow tires... > > -Curt > > Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 16:04:11 -0600 > From: "R A Bennell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cerberus wants money back > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Maybe, but . . . do you remember the early Japanese cars? > > I had relatives that bought Datsun 510's. Nice engine and tranny etc but no > body. One of my cousins was teasing an > uncle about how small and light his car was. Grabbed the front fender and > tried to lift the car. Bent the fender! > > I recall very rusty Toyotas running around that were not very old. Their > early cars had really ugly interiors too > with wrinkled plastic floor mats instead of carpet. They made good engines > but not much else in those days. > > On the other hand, the Chevette was hardly an exciting car, but if you took > care of it, I don't know if you could > wear it out. Crappy but cheap and reliable. > > For whatever reason people like Consumer Reports always has nothing but good > things to say about Honda and Toyota > etc and almost nothing good to say about domestic vehicles. They love the > Tundra and hate the F150. I like my > F150's and have no desire to have a Toyota truck. I have had a couple and > they were no better than the domestic > stuff and more expensive to repair. I still have my 95 4Runner but the body > is so rusty I don't know if I can fix > it and no one else could licence it as it is for safety reasons. We had a > Toyota Avalon and although it was a nice > car, it certainly had its share of issues and Toyota did not stand behind > it. I could have bought a domestic for > less money and probably should have. > > I sometimes wonder if people have been brainwashed over the years to believe > that Asian cars are wonderful and US > cars are garbage by the auto media. > > There is also a constant media drivel objecting to SUV's. It makes no sense > to me. They are wonderful "utility" > vehicles. That is why people buy them. They are for the most part small 4 > wheel drive trucks that replaced the > family station wagon as a vehicle that could do it all - haul people or > goods or tow a boat or a trailer etc. I > don't want a Prius. It wouldn't do me much good. I don't commute far in the > city and I need something capable of > hauling on the highway. A Volt won't work either. > > So, count me as unconvinced despite the fact that we just bought a Honda > Accord to replace the Avalon. > > Randy > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.9.15/1838 - Release Date: 12/8/2008 > 6:16 PM > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.9.15/1838 - Release Date: 12/8/2008 > 6:16 PM > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
